This week’s events

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  1. Diasporic Creative Writing Workshop

    Diasporic Creative Writing Workshop

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Are you a diaspora writer or researcher? Curious on how to write about languages in a way that honours identity, culture, and heritage? Or simply enthusiastic...

  2. Cantonese Taster and the Current State of Hong Kong-Style Cantonese -- with Andric Pun

    Cantonese Taster and the Current State of Hong Kong-Style Cantonese -- with Andric Pun

    Festival of Languages - Free

    The first half of the session will involve an engaging taster into the Cantonese language, where you will learn some basic and common phrases and words in...

  3. ¡Conócenos! Spanish Taster and Linguistic Fun Facts -- with Ana Barazal Barreira

    ¡Conócenos! Spanish Taster and Linguistic Fun Facts -- with Ana Barazal Barreira

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Learn some useful words and phrases from Spain and Latin American in an interactive and fun way. We will also learn some important cultural differences between...

  4. Poetry 'Wiki Workshop' -- with Kirsty Ross and Pauline Souleau

    Poetry 'Wiki Workshop' -- with Kirsty Ross and Pauline Souleau

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Wikipedia is the world's largest encyclopaedia and is constantly being edited. This workshop will introduce you to the world of Wiki editing and...

  5. Language of the Fantastical: Exploring the Mythic and Folkloric -- with Nina Globerson

    Language of the Fantastical: Exploring the Mythic and Folkloric -- with Nina Globerson

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Looking at various folkloric creatures from around the world, the Language of the Fantastical seeks to open our eyes to how the stories we tell ---...

  6. Multilingual Poetry Reading: From Ancient Greek to Old English to Modern Languages

    Multilingual Poetry Reading: From Ancient Greek to Old English to Modern Languages

    Festival of Languages - Free

    What did ancient poetry sound like? How did it differ from modern poetry? and how much do we really know about all this? The first half of this event, presented...

  7. The Poetry of Migration -- with Vahid Davar, Eleni Kefala, and Caroline Smith

    The Poetry of Migration -- with Vahid Davar, Eleni Kefala, and Caroline Smith

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Poetry reading by Vahid Davar Vahid Davar will read two ekphrastic poems inspired by Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian's 'fluid...

  8. Palimpself

    Palimpself

    A sculptural investigation into materiality in the works of Annie Ernaux

    Palimpself is an exhibition of new visual artworks by the artist and academic Susan Diab that explores the relationship between language, memory, and...